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WHITBY, Ont. — Priscilla Lopes-Schliep twirls around the kitchen to a thumping J-Lo song, balancing her daughter Nataliya on one hip. The little girl clutches her mom’s strong shoulders and erupts in giggles, her mouth stretched in a wide smile....Read More

TORONTO — Bank of Montreal delivered a number of surprises Tuesday, including an unexpected dividend increase and first-quarter results that beat analyst estimates, although its profit and revenue were both lower than a year before.
The bank said...Read More

Nova Scotia’s education minister will release a plan Wednesday intended to address bullying.
Ramona Jennex’s announcement comes days after the author of a study on the issue said the government should take more pressing action to combat the problem...Read More

DUNEDIN, Fla. — The brotherhood of knuckleballers held a rare get-together Monday afternoon with R.A. Dickey and Steven Wright facing off and Tim Wakefield looking on.
The unheralded Wright had the smoother start on a 27 C day before 4,824 fans at...Read More

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Jose Bautista hit the scoreboard with a homer and reliever Sergio Santos looked impressive in his return from shoulder surgery as a Toronto Blue Jays split-squad lost 5-4 to the Baltimore Orioles in spring baseball play Sunday...Read More

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Ronda Rousey, the first women’s champion in UFC history, said she would not feel like a true title holder until she defended her belt. On Saturday, she did exactly that in emphatic fashion.
After surviving an early scare from...Read More

AMHERSTBURG, Ont. — A funeral service on Saturday remembered Eugene Whelan for the colourful former federal agriculture minister’s trademark green Stetson hat and his strong ties to the farming community.
Whelan died at the age of 88...Read More

OTTAWA — It’s not yet moving to the sometimes hideous pictorial warning labels seen on cigarette packaging, but Ottawa wants to get the message across that tanning beds can be hazardous to your health.
Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq...Read More

INAWASHIRO, Japan — Mikael Kingsbury and Audrey Robichaud led a four-medal performance for Canada in difficult conditions at a World Cup freestyle moguls event Saturday.
Kingsbury, the defending World Cup champion from Deux Montagnes, Que., scored...Read More

MONTREAL — Workers across Quebec and parts of the Maritimes gathered Saturday to denounce the federal government’s Employment Insurance changes.
Powerful Quebec union head Michel Arsenault said seasonal workers in the province’s rural areas will be...Read More